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[Vmax]

Just been quoted £250 to change my blocked cat - Is this an ok price dya think?  :-/

[golden_delicious]

would that be one cat or both?car parts direct seem to list nearside and offside for V6's  http://www.carparts-direct.co.uk/Catalytic_Converters_Detail.cfm

[Vmax]

Just the off side, seems a bit pricey looking at the link. Looks like around £80 labour on top of the price.

[golden_delicious]

suppose it depends on how do-able the job is,reckon you'd need to be up in the air and will the old one come off easy? we'd probably pay the price just because we couldn't do it ourselves

[Vmax]

Yup I don't fancy doing it, Seized bolts difficult access, not enough hours in the day etc etc 

[jim351]

Just been quoted £250 to change my blocked cat - Is this an ok price dya think?  :-/

hi mate where did you get the quote? i no a few places near you and what they charge,

[MutantCav]

Its really not that hard to do yourself...but its a good idea to give the nuts a good soaking in plusgas first...that said I never have and only had the bolts snap once getting the nuts off and that was on a Sintra not an Omega...just needs a breaker bar to loosen the bolts and a couple of extension bars to get the socket (usually an extended 16" which handily happens to be the smaller of the 2 spark plug sockets so pretty much everyone has one)

Normally the bolts holding the cats to the centre exhaust thats the hardest to get off

[MutantCav]

Also you should be able to get a genuine cat on Trade Card from Vaux for a fair bit less than that...so maybe a friendly member in your area can help you out there if you dont have one???